Chapter 552 I Really Can’t Spare the Time
At around 9:10 in the evening, the stretcher driven by Yu Zhiming entered the residential complex where Dean Li Yao lived.
This is a mid- to high-end residential complex dominated by small high-rise buildings, with separate lanes for pedestrians and vehicles and strict property management.
Yu Zhiming registered with the security guard, and the security guard communicated with Dean Li before he was allowed to drive into the community.
Another minute or two later, Yu Zhiming parked the car downstairs of the No. 11 residential building, then took the cardboard box containing the New Year gifts and took the elevator to the seventh floor with Qing Ning.
When the elevator door opened, the two were somewhat surprised to find something.
Dean Li, his wife, three men and one woman were waiting outside the elevator.
What surprised Yu Zhiming even more was.
One of the silver-haired old men who looked vigorous was none other than Mr. Qin, who I had met at Ning'an Hospital last Saturday and was said to be a master of traditional Chinese medicine.
"Dean, I'm sorry for interrupting your visit."
Yu Zhiming apologized first, then turned to look at Old Qin who was looking at him with a smile.
He greeted politely, "Hello, Mr. Qin. I didn't expect to see you again by such a coincidence."
Li Yao asked curiously, "Mr. Qin, have you met with Dr. Yu before?"
Yu Zhiming spoke first and explained, "Director, I had a very quick meeting with Elder Qin at Ning'an Hospital last Saturday. We only exchanged a few words."
Old Qin nodded and said, "Indeed."
"Dr. Yu and I were both busy that day, so it was a shame we weren't able to have an in-depth discussion."
Li Yao uttered an "oh" as if realizing something. He then noticed that Yu Zhiming was still holding a heavy box and said hurriedly, "Doctor Yu, Miss Gu, please go inside first."
"Let's sit down together and talk in detail over tea."
Yu Zhiming followed everyone into the spacious living room of Dean Li's house and put the box on the floor aside where it would not be in the way.
"Dean, these are local specialties from my hometown."
"There are peanuts, millet, mung beans, sweet potato starch, pancakes and salted duck eggs. This is my humble gift."
Li Yao laughed and said, "Local specialties are good, I like them. But if you give me something valuable, I won't accept it."
After a pause, Li Yao gestured to Mr. Qin on his left.
"This Mr. Qin is a master of traditional Chinese medicine and a leader in Chinese medicine. Doctor Yu, you already know him, so I won't introduce him any further."
He pointed to the left of Mr. Qin, where there was a man who looked to be around fifty years old and had an elegant demeanor.
"Doctor Yu, this is Mr. Qin Qiushi, the eldest son of Mr. Qin. He has inherited the medical skills of Mr. Qin and is currently the deputy director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Union Hospital."
"Hello, Mr. Qin, it's an honor to meet you!" Yu Zhiming bowed and greeted him!
Qin Qiushi bowed politely and replied, "Doctor Yu, I've heard and seen your name quite often these past few months."
"I'm so happy to meet you tonight."
The next moment, Li Yao pointed to a woman with short hair that reached below her ears and who looked to be about forty years old, standing on Qin Qiushi's left side.
Before Dean Li could speak, the woman started introducing herself.
"Doctor Yu, I'm Qin Jingmo, Dr. Qin's daughter, and the chief physician of neurosurgery at Union Hospital."
Qin Jingmo looked at Yu Zhiming with a glare of light. "Doctor Yu, the skull base tumor radiation seed implantation surgery you and Doctor You Weixian collaborated on was very well done."
"I happen to have two patients with very complicated skull base tumors. Dr. Yu, how about we collaborate?"
Yu Zhiming didn't like the man's slightly aggressive and overbearing gaze, so he politely declined, "Ms. Qin, thank you for your trust."
"It's just that I've been busy with work recently and really can't spare the time. Let's have a chance to cooperate again in the future."
After saying this, Yu Zhiming turned his gaze to the middle-aged bald man on the right side of Dean Li.
Li Yao noticed Yu Zhiming's gaze and took the opportunity to introduce him, "Doctor Yu, this is Vice President Chen Hao of Beijing Union Hospital..."
After a brief acquaintance, several people took their seats.
Dean Li's wife brought tea to Yu Zhiming and Qingning, and when she was about to refill tea for the other guests, Qingning took the initiative to take over this task.
Elder Qin took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and slowly said, "Doctor Yu, you are able to meticulously detect various pathological changes in the patient's body."
"No one can match this ability."
Elder Qin pointed at Qin Qiushi beside him and said, "Doctor Yu, I'd like Qiushi to stay with you for a few years. What do you think?"
Yu Zhiming was very surprised and asked in confusion: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Qin is a master of traditional Chinese medicine. How many years can he stay with me?"
Old Qin waved his hand and said, "Doctor Yu, you are too kind. Qiu Shi's ability is still far from that of a great Chinese medicine master."
He further explained, "However, Qiushi does have some experience with pulse diagnosis."
"He stayed by your side, Doctor Yu, mainly to compare the patient's pulse with the patient's specific pathological changes, to see if we could find some corresponding relationships and patterns, so that our Chinese medicine interpretation of the pulse would be more accurate."
Yu Zhiming uttered an "oh" and said, "Mr. Ye Huazhang has also made a similar offer for cooperation before."
Qin Qiushi couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Doctor Yu, what exactly is Mr. Ye inviting you to?"
Yu Zhiming said: "Mr. Ye said he wanted to write a book to match the pulse records of patients with the images of their lesions, so as to facilitate the cooperation between Chinese and Western medicine and to popularize Chinese medicine."
"However, I was busy with work at the time and declined Mr. Ye's invitation."
Old Qin nodded slightly and said, "Old Ye's idea is similar to ours."
"Qiu Shi, we can work together with Master Ye. Of course, the prerequisite is to obtain Dr. Yu's consent."
Qin Qiushi hummed and said to Yu Zhiming, "Doctor Yu, if you agree to cooperate, I will do my best not to interfere with your examination and diagnosis of the patient."
"What I need here are the various specific and detailed physical pathological characteristics of the patients that you have discovered."
"Of course, I still need to take the patient's pulse."
Yu Zhiming pondered and said, "This kind of cooperation won't cause much interference to my work."
He looked at Dean Li, "Here at the hospital..."
Li Yao chuckled and said, "Doctor Yu, we just had a preliminary discussion. If you are willing to cooperate..."
"Mr. Qin will be stationed at our hospital under the name of project cooperation. In addition to project research, he can also see patients and prescribe medicine. It's like setting up a small Traditional Chinese Medicine Department in your center."
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said, "In this way, our center can be said to be small but fully equipped."
Li Yao laughed and said, "Isn't this better?"
"In the future, talents from any department will be able to receive high-level instruction at your center."
Yu Zhiming met the gaze of the Qin family father and son and said thoughtfully, "This form of cooperation will basically not affect my work, nor will it increase my workload. I personally agree with it."
He added, "My father used to be a barefoot Chinese medicine practitioner, but his skills were very poor and he didn't practice for long."
"The reason I applied to medical school was partly because I was exposed to medicine by my father in my early years."
"Mr. Qin, I am happy to contribute a little to the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine."
Old Qin smiled happily and said, "Doctor Yu, what you have provided is not a small contribution. Perhaps this project can help Chinese medicine in our country achieve a great stride forward!"
After a pause, he said sincerely, "Dr. Yu, thank you."
Yu Zhiming quickly replied, "Mr. Qin, you're too polite. Actually, we've made a great profit."
"Having a highly skilled Chinese medicine expert like Mr. Qin by our side will definitely benefit us greatly."
At this time, Chen Hao said, "Doctor Yu, you have benefited greatly, but we at Union Hospital have suffered a great loss."
"Dr. Qin is a senior expert in our Union Hospital's Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. If he leaves like this, he will be away for several years."
"How about this, we exchange ideas. Doctor Yu, you can come to our Union Hospital for a day every two weeks to work and exchange ideas?"
Li Yao replied directly: "Nothing."
"Dr. Yu's time isn't even enough for us at Huashan, so how could we possibly give you Union Hospital one day every two weeks?"
"Dean Chen, stop daydreaming."
Qin Jingmo interrupted, "Dean Li, this flying knife cooperation is always possible, right?"
"That sickly chimera child in our capital was diagnosed by Doctor Yu when he went to the capital."
Li Yao nodded and said, "Work like flying knife is up to Dr. Yu to decide independently, and the hospital will not interfere."
Seeing Qin Jingmo looking at him again, Yu Zhiming spoke first, "My work schedule has been very tight lately, and I really can't spare the time to take on extra work."
Qin Jingmo persisted in his persuasion, "Doctor Yu, we worked together to successfully perform radioactive particle implantation surgery on these two patients with skull base tumors. This will extend their lifespans by another three to five years."
After a pause, she softened her tone and said, "Doctor Yu, if two people can't do it, how about we just do the surgery on one person?"
"To be honest, Dr. Yu, one of them was my middle school classmate, and I really couldn't bear to see him pass away in pain."
Yu Zhiming met Qin Jingmo's pleading gaze and said, "I'm sorry, I really can't spare the time during this period."
Qin Jingmo was a little anxious and blurted out, "Doctor Yu, don't you have one day off every week?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingning couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Qin, have you ever used your rest time to treat and save people?"
Qin Jingmo looked at Gu Qingning and said, "Miss Gu, you may not know that my situation is different from Dr. Yu's."
"I perform brain surgeries, and a single operation often lasts seven to eight hours, or even more than ten hours."
"I must get enough rest, otherwise I might not be able to hold on during the second half of the operation and cause a surgical accident."
Gu Qingning laughed sarcastically and said, "You mean, you need to rest well, but my Zhiming doesn't need to rest?"
Qin Jingmo argued: "If I don't get enough rest, it will cause surgical accidents. Doctor Yu will take one less day off..."
"Jing Mo, shut up!"
Old Master Qin suddenly interrupted Qin Jingmo and said apologetically, "President Li, Doctor Yu, I'm sorry."
"My daughter has been spoiled since she was young, and sometimes she acts too selfishly."
He slowly stood up and said, "It's getting late, we should say goodbye and go back."
He looked at Yu Zhiming again and said, "Can we find another time to discuss the specific cooperation details?"
Yu Zhiming replied "OK"...
After Mr. Qin and his four companions said goodbye, Yu Zhiming and Qing Ning stayed for a little longer and then said goodbye and left.
Yu Zhiming also left empty-handed, taking with him a box of Keemun black tea and a box of Lu'an Guapian tea as a return gift...
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